Men’s Basketball
MAINE vs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Times, opponents, sites: Saturday, 4 p.m., vs. Boston University; Sunday, 2 p.m., vs. Northeastern; Monday, 3 p.m., vs. LIU-Brooklyn; Case Gym, Boston in Steve Wright Classic
Records: UMaine 1-1, Boston University 0-1, Northeastern 2-0, LIU-Brooklyn 2-0
Series, last meetings: BU leads UMaine 59-41, UMaine 63-58 1/2/13; Northeastern leads 64-47, UMaine 76-73 on 11/28/12; UMaine leads LIU-Brooklyn 4-1, LIU-Brooklyn 83-70 on 12/9/14
Key players: UMaine — G Wes Myers (16.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg), G Ilker Er (12.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg), G Aaron Calixte (8.5 ppg, 2.5 apg), F Marko Pirovic (7.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg); BU — G Eric Fanning (29.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 4.0 apg), F Justin Alston (12.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg), G Cheddi Mosely (12.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg); Northeastern — G T.J. Williams (25.0 ppg, 7.0 apg, 5.5 rpg), F Alex Murphy 14.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg), G Donnell Gresham Jr. (12.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg); LIU-Brooklyn — G Joel Hernandez (17.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg), F Jerome Frink (16l5 ppg, 11.0 rpg), G Fleming Iverson (11.0 ppg, 3 .0 apg)
Outlook: The tournament honors a 1980 BU graduate who was the program’s first three-time team MVP. He died in 2003 of leukemia. The event began on Nov. 11 when Northeastern beat BU 87-77. UMaine and LIU-Brooklyn are each playing Saturday, Sunday and Monday because LIU-Brooklyn defeated Loyola (Maryland) on Wednesday and didn’t want to play again two days later, when they were originally scheduled to meet UMaine. That would have meant four games in five days for the Blackbirds. Nine UMaine players have averaged at least 17 minutes during its first two games, with Myers (31 minutes per game) and Calixte (28 mpg) leading the way. Senior swingman Garet Beal (ankle) won’t play again this weekend, while sophomore forward Ilija Stojiljkovic’s (shoulder) status is uncertain. Neither played last weekend.
Women’s basketball
MAINE vs. SAINT PETER’S
Time, site: Sunday, 5 p.m., Columbia, South Carolina, in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge
Records: UMaine 1-2, Saint Peter’s 0-1
Series, last meeting: first meeting
Key players: Maine — 5-8 Sr. G Sigi Koizar (15 points per game, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.7 steals), 6-2 Fr. G-F Laia Sole (11.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.3 apg), 5-11 Fr. G Blanca Millan (9.7 ppg, 2.3 apg, 2.3 spg), 5-10 Jr. G Tanesha Sutton (9.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg), 5-8 Fr. G Julie Brosseau (4.3 ppg), 6-0 G Naira Caceres (4.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg); Saint Peter’s — 5-10 Jr. G Talah Hughes (17 ppg, 5 rpg), 5-10 So. G Janelle Mullen (10 ppg, 3 spg, 2 apg), 5-11 Jr. F Sajanna Bethea (7 ppg), 6-2 Fr. F-C Ashlie Howell (6 ppg, 5 rpg), 5-7 Fr. G Sammy Lochner (3 ppg), 6-1 Jr. F Imani Martinez (3 ppg, 5 rpg)